FREE PRINTABLE MAP OF MISSISSIPPI

Scroll down for a free printable Map Of Mississippi roads, along with a Mississippi county map.

The above US map shows the location of the state of Mississippi in relation to other US states.

On December 10th of 1817, Mississippi became the 20th of 50 states admitted to the Union.

Scroll down to find fascinating facts about the state of Mississippi.

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10 TRUE FACTS ABOUT MISSISSIPPI

In Biloxi, Mississippi in 1898, Edward Barq invented root beer.

The cleaning product known as Pine Sol was invented in 1929, in a pine forest near Jackson.

Mississippi is the birthplace of Blues music, and has produced some iconic blues musicians. Among them are B.B. King, Howling' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Lead Belly, and Little Freddie King, to name only a few.

Native American tribes from the state of Mississippi include Acolapissa, Biloxi, Black Dutch, Chakchiuma, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Mississippi River Clan, Koroa, Mosopelea, Natchez, Okelousa, Pascagoula, Tunica, Tunica-Biloxi, and Yazoo, among others.

The University of Mississippi has the nation's only federally funded center devoted to cultivating cannabis and researching its medicinal effects.

Mississippi has more than 100,000 acres of catfish ponds.

Nearly two thirds of the state's land area is covered in forest.

The 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in 1865, was not ratified by the state of Mississippi until 2013. Yes, you read that right.

The idea for the "Teddy Bear" originated near Onward, Mississippi in 1902, when President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to kill a trapped bear cub during a hunting trip.

Famous people from Mississippi include Elvis Presley, playwright Tennessee Williams, and Jim Henson, the legendary creator of The Muppets.